BILL NUMBER: ACR 53	CHAPTERED  08/26/99

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   88
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   AUGUST 26, 1999
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   AUGUST 23, 1999
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   JUNE 28, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Zettel
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Aanestad, Ackerman, Baldwin, Bates,
Battin, Baugh, Calderon, Campbell, Cox, Davis, Dickerson, Ducheny,
Firebaugh, Havice, House, Kaloogian, Keeley, Knox, Kuehl, Leach,
Maldonado, Oller, Robert Pacheco, Rod Pacheco, Papan, Pescetti,
Scott, Strickland, Thompson, Villaraigosa, Washington, Wayne,
Wildman, and Wright)
   (Coauthors: Senators Alpert, Baca, Brulte, Costa, Dunn, Haynes,
Morrow, O'Connell, Peace, Polanco, Rainey, Solis, and Vasconcellos)

                        APRIL 27, 1999

   Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 53--Relative to the CHP Officer
Christopher D. Lydon Memorial Freeway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 53, Zettel.  CHP Officer Christopher D. Lydon Memorial
Freeway.
   This measure would dedicate the northbound and southbound portions
of State Highway Route 67 between Interstate Highway Route 8 and
Mapleview Street in Lakeside, California, to the memory of California
Highway Patrol Officer Christopher D. Lydon and would specify that
this portion of State Highway Route 67 shall be known as the "CHP
Officer Christopher D. Lydon Memorial Freeway."  The measure also
would request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost
of appropriate highway markers or signs showing that special
designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources
covering that cost, to erect appropriate highway markers and signs.




   WHEREAS, California Highway Patrol Officer Christopher D. Lydon, a
dedicated officer, died in the line of duty at the age of 27 years
while attempting to apprehend a drunk driver on southbound State
Highway Route 67 at Riverford Road in the town of Lakeside on June 5,
1998; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Lydon was involved in a solo vehicle traffic
collision while attempting to apprehend that drunk driver; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Lydon sustained fatal injuries as a result of
that collision; and
   WHEREAS, The errant driver was subsequently arrested and charged
with drunk driving; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Lydon graduated from Poway High School in 1989
and immediately enlisted as a reservist in the United States Marines
Corps; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Lydon was called to active duty in November 1990,
and served as a Humvee driver during Operation Desert Storm before
being honorably discharged from active duty in August, 1991; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Lydon, prior to joining the Department of the
California Highway Patrol, attended San Diego State University
graduating with a Bachelor's Degree in Public Administration in
December, 1994; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Lydon graduated from the California Highway
Patrol Academy on August 30, 1996; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Lydon is survived by his parents, Steve and Janie
Lydon, his half brother Jowell Lydon, his paternal grandmother
Elizabeth Lydon, and his maternal grandfather Del Hicks; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Lydon was known by his fellow officers for his
dedication to the Department of the California Highway Patrol and to
the protection of the citizens of our state; and
   WHEREAS, It is appropriate that the northbound and southbound
portions of State Highway Route 67 between Interstate Highway Route 8
and Mapleview Street in the County of San Diego, be dedicated to the
memory of this officer who made the ultimate sacrifice in his
service to the people of the State of California; now, therefore, be
it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby dedicates the
northbound and southbound portions of State Highway Route 67 between
Interstate Highway Route 8 and Mapleview Street in Lakeside,
California, to the memory of California Highway Patrol Officer
Christopher D. Lydon; and be it further
   Resolved, That that portion of State Highway Route 67 be
officially designated the "CHP Officer Christopher D. Lydon Memorial
Freeway"; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of appropriate plaques and markers, consistent
with the signing requirements for the state highway system, showing
this special designation, and upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources sufficient to cover that cost, to erect those plaques and
markers; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.
